KIM Jong-un was the victor of the historic summit with US President Donald Trump, North Korean state media has declared.

Despite being regarded as a first step towards denuclearisation, the North Korean Supreme Leader was credited for creating conditions for peace following his historic meeting on Tuesday with Donald Trump.

State controlled media in North Korea hailed the summit between Mr Trump and Kim as a sign of ending "extreme hostile relations" with the US.

KCNA news agency depicted Kim as a hero, responsible for securing a diplomatic victory for the country.

The state media said talks were "epoch making" and would help to kickstart a "radical switchover in the most hostile [North Korea]-US relations".

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KCNA said Mr Trump “appreciated that an atmosphere of peace and stability was created on the Korean peninsula and in the region, although distressed with the extreme danger of armed clash only a few months ago, thanks to the proactive peace-loving measures taken by the respected Supreme Leader from the outset of this year”

The propaganda machine also focused on the leader’s “rapid transformation” from dictator to statesman following the positive reception he received in Singapore when he arrived for the summit.

KCNA said: “Singapore, the country of the epoch-making meeting much awaited by the whole world, was awash with thousands of domestic and foreign journalists and a large crowd of masses to see this day’s moment which will remain long in history,” it said.

And Kim's media machine told the North Korean public how Mr Trump has reciprocated the offer of Kim visiting the US in a state visit.

It said: "The two top leaders gladly accepted each other’s invitation, convinced that it would serve as another important occasion for improved DPRK-US relations,” it said, referencing the country’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea."

As Mr Trump returned to the US, he tweeted that Pyongyang no longer posed a nuclear threat - despite critics saying the US President's comments were premature.

The US President said: "Just landed - a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office. There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea."

"Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the future!"

The Rodong Sinmun, the ruling Workers' Party newspaper, focused on photographs of Kim and Mr Trump shaking hands.

Following the summit on Tuesday, a joint statement between the two leaders also revealed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and officials from the North would follow up on negotiations "at the earliest possible date”.

In return, Mr Trump, to the surprise of US ally South Korea and his own military, said he would end joint US-South Korea military exercises.

The US President said the drills would not be held while talks were on-going.

The article portrays Mr Jong-un as the victor of the Trump nuclear weapons summit on Tuesday (Image: RODONG SINMUN)

Mr Trump told Fox News: "We’re not going to be doing the war games as long as we’re negotiating in good faith."

However, South Korean officials said they had no prior knowledge of the end of military exercises, pointing out that they were "vital" to east Asian security.

South Korean Minister of Defence, Itsunori Onodera, said: “We would like to seek an understanding of this between Japan, the US and South Korea."

And in spite of Mr Trump's announcement, Onodera said that Japan would continue its military exercises with the US and will continue to improve defences against any possible North Korean strike.